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<h2 id="part1">Fill in the Katakana Chart</h2>
Here is the katakana chart you can use to help test your memory. The 「ヲ」 has been removed since you'll never need it.

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<p>Click on the <u>flip</u> link to show or hide each character.</p>

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<span class="bigger">Katakana Table</span>
<table border="1" cellpadding="8" class="bigger">
<tr align="center"><th>n</th> <th>w</th> <th>r</th> <th>y</th> <th>m</th> <th>h</th>
    <th>n</th> <th>t</th> <th>s</th> <th>k</th> <th>&nbsp;</th><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>

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 <td><span class="hide" id="n">ン</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('n');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="wa">ワ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('wa');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ra">ラ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ra');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ya">ヤ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ya');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ma">マ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ma');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ha">ハ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ha');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="na">ナ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('na');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ta">タ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ta');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="sa">サ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('sa');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ka">カ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ka');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="a">ア</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('a');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>a</th>
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<tr align="center">
 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ri">リ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ri');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="mi">ミ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('mi');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="hi">ヒ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('hi');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ni">ニ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ni');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ti">チ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ti');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="si">シ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('si');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ki">キ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ki');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="i">イ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('i');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>i</th>

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 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ru">ル</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ru');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="yu">ユ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('yu');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="mu">ム</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('mu');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="fu">フ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('fu');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="nu">ヌ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('nu');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="tu">ツ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('tu');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="su">ス</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('su');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ku">ク</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ku');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="u">ウ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('u');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>u</th>
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 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
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 <td><span class="hide" id="re">レ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('re');">flip</a></span></td>

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 <td><span class="hide" id="me">メ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('me');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="he">ヘ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('he');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ne">ネ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ne');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="te">テ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('te');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="se">セ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('se');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ke">ケ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ke');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="e">エ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('e');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>e</th>
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 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
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 <td><span class="hide" id="ro">ロ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ro');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="yo">ヨ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('yo');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="mo">モ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('mo');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ho">ホ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ho');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="no">ノ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('no');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="to">ト</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('to');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="so">ソ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('so');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ko">コ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ko');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="o">オ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('o');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>o</th>

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<h2 id="part2">Katakana Writing Practice</h2>
Here, we will practice writing some katakana words in katakana (obviously). Plus, you'll get a little taste of what foreign words sound like in Japanese.

<h3>Katakana Writing Exercise 1</h3>
<b>Sample:</b> ta | be | mo | no ＝ <u>タベモノ</u>
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	<td>1. pan</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">パン</span></td>
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	<td>2. kon | pyu－ | ta</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">コンピュータ</span></td>
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	<td>3. myu－ | ji | ka | ru</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ミュージカル</span></td>
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	<td>4. u－ | man</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ウーマン</span></td>
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	<td>5 he | a | pi－ | su</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ヘアピース</span></td>
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	<td>6. nu－ | do</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ヌード</span></td>
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	<td>7. me | nyu－</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">メニュー</span></td>
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	<td>8. ro－ | te－ | shon</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ローテーション</span></td>
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	<td>9. ha | i | kin | gu</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ハイキング</span></td>
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	<td>10. kyan | se | ru</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">キャンセル</span></td>
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	<td>11. ha | ne | mu－n |</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ハネムーン</span></td>
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	<td>12. ku | ri | su | ma | su | tsu | ri－</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">クリスマスツリー</span></td>
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	<td>13. ra | i | to</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ライト</span></td>
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	<td>14. na | i | to | ge－ | mu</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ナイトゲーム</span></td>
</tr>


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<h2 id="part3">More Katakana Writing Practice</h2>
Now let's practice writing some more katakana. This time, we're going to include all the irregular sounds that don't exist in hiragana.

<h3>Katakana Writing Exercise 2</h3>
<b>Sample:</b> bi－ | chi ＝ <u>ビーチ</u>
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	<td>1. e | i | zu | wi | ru | su</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">エイズウイルス</span></td>
</tr>

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	<td>2. no－ | su | sa | i | do</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ノースサイド</span></td>
</tr>

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	<td>3. in | fo | me－ | shon</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">インフォメーション</span></td>
</tr>

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	<td>4. pu | ro | je | ku | to</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">プロジェクト</span></td>
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	<td>5. fa | su | to | fu－ | do</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ファストフード</span></td>
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	<td>6. she | ru | su | ku | ri | pu | to</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">シェルスクリプト</span></td>
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	<td>7. we－ | to | re | su</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ウェートレス</span></td>
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	<td>8. ma | i | ho－ | mu</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">マイホーム</span></td>
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	<td>9. chi－ | mu | wa－ | ku</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">チームワーク</span></td>
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	<td>10. mi | ni | su | ka－ | to</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ミニスカート</span></td>
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	<td>11. re－ | za－ | di | su | ku</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">レーザーディスク</span></td>
</tr>

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	<td>12. chen | ji</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">チェンジ</span></td>
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	<td>13. re | gyu | ra－</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">レギュラー</span></td>
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	<td>14. we | i | to | ri | fu | tin | gu</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ウエイトリフティング</span></td>
</tr>
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<h2 id="part4">Changing English words to katakana</h2>
Just for fun, let's try figuring out the katakana for some English words. I've listed some common patterns below but they are only guidelines and may not apply
for some words.
<p>
As you know, since Japanese sounds always consist of consonant-vowel pairs, any English words that deviate from this pattern will cause problems.
The only combination that doesn't create problems is the consonant-vowel + n (using 「ン」). Here are some trends you may have noticed.
</p>

<p>If you've seen "Lost in Translation", you know that / l / and / r / are indistinguishable.</p>
<p>
（１）　Ready -> <em>レ</em>ディ
<br />
（２）　Lady -> <em>レ</em>ディ
</p>

<p>If you have more than one vowel in a row or a vowel sound that ends in / r /, it usually becomes a long vowel sound.
</p>
<p>
（１）　<em>Tar</em>get -> <em>ター</em>ゲット
<br />
（２）　<em>Shoo</em>t -> <em>シュー</em>ト
</p>

<p>Abrupt cut-off sounds usually denoted by a / t / or / c / employ the small 「ッ」.
</p>
<p>
（１）　Ca<em>t</em>ch -> キャ<em>ッ</em>チ
<br />
（２）　Ca<em>c</em>he -> キャ<em>ッ</em>シュ
</p>

<p>Any word that ends in a consonant sound requires another vowel to complete the consonant-vowel pattern. (Except for "n" and "m" for which we have 「ン」)
For "t" and "d", it's usually "o". For everything else, it's usually "u".
</p>
<p>
（１）　Goo<em>d</em> -> グッ<em>ド</em>
<br />
（２）　To<em>p</em> -> トッ<em>プ</em>
<br />
（３）　Jac<em>k</em> -> ジャッ<em>ク</em>
</p>

<h3>English to Katakana Exercise</h3>
<b>Sample:</b> Europe ＝ <u>ヨーロッパ</u>

<div id="exercise4">
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<table class="large" border="0" cellspacing="8">
<tr>
	<td>1. check</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">チェック</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>2. violin</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">バイオリン</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>3. jet coaster (roller coaster)</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ジェットコースター</span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td>4. window shopping</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ウィンドーショッピング</span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td>5. salsa</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">サルサ</span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td>6. hotdog</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ホットドッグ</span></td>
</tr>

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	<td>7. suitcase</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">スーツケース</span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td>8. kitchen</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">キッチン</span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td>9. restaurant</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">レストラン</span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td>10. New York</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ニューヨーク</span></td>
</tr>

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